Israelis, Palestinians set for talks on home turf


August 14, 2013 at 10:39a.m.

Israelis, Palestinians set for talks on home turf

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis and Palestinians were to hold their first formal peace talks on home turf in the Middle East in nearly five years today, hours after Israel released 26 long-held Palestinian prisoners who were given a boisterous homecoming by cheering crowds. Both sides have low expectations as they head into the U.S.-sponsored negotiations in Jerusalem, the third attempt since 2000 to agree on the terms of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.